Former Birmingham City football star Joe Bradford receives birthday congratulations from Malcolm Beard and Ron Wylie in 1966. (Image: Mirrorpix)10 of 89

Birmingham City football manager Ron Saunders and secretary Andrew Waterhouse sift though all of the letters Blues fans have sent to the club in protest at the arrests of so many at Euston Station before the West Ham game in 1983. (Image: Mirrorpix)11 of 89

Birmingham City football manager Ron Saunders at St Andrew's in 1983. (Image: Mirrorpix)12 of 89

Birmingham City football manager Ron Saunders poses beside his Daimler outside the club's home ground of St Andrew's in 1984. (Image: Mirrorpix)13 of 89

Birmingham City football manager Ron Saunders walking the dog in 1983. (Image: Mirrorpix)14 of 89

Birmingham City football manager Ron Saunders greets striker Mick Harford and his Blues teammates as they report back for pre-season training in 1982. (Image: Mirrorpix)15 of 89

Workmen busy preparing the ground before beginning work on the Railway End stand where 1500 seats were installed in 1973. (Image: Mirrorpix)16 of 89

Birmingham City players mobbed by jubilant fans who ran onto the pitch as they clinched promotion to the First Division following their 2-0 victory over Cardiff City in 1985. (Image: Mirrorpix)17 of 89

Birmingham City players celebrate after their victory over arch rivals Aston Villa in the Birmingham Senior Cup Final in 1983. (Image: Mirrorpix)18 of 89

The reaction to the draw for Birmingham City in the next round of the 1969 FA Cup in the office at St Andrew's. (Image: Mirrorpix)24 of 89

Birmingham City ground staff Graham Clark, busy boot cleaning, and first team trainer Ray Devey (right) checks that they are ready for the big kick off in 1968. (Image: Mirrorpix)25 of 89

Warming up the frozen pitch at St Andrew's in 1963. (Image: Mirrorpix)26 of 89

Birmingham City players Foster, Pickering, Bridges and Murray get in a non stop training routine at St Andrew's five days before their FA Cup Semi Final match against local rivals West Bromwich Albion in 1968. (Image: Mirrorpix)27 of 89

Birmingham City players Malcolm page, Mick Darrell, David Robinson and John Sleeuwenhoek, training at St Andrew's in the snow in 1969. (Image: Mirrorpix)28 of 89

Birmingham City manager Gil Merrick (left) takes a close look at the St Andrew's pitch as they prepare for a league fixture at the ground in 1962. (Image: Mirrorpix)29 of 89

Work under way on the new Railway End stand at St Andrew's in 1963. (Image: Mirrorpix)30 of 89

Birmingham City football club groundsman Bill Clinton (right) and assistant Norman Bennett inspecting the pitch at St Andrew's in 1961. (Image: Mirrorpix)31 of 89

Members of the Birmingham City football team enjoying a game of cards before flying off to Copenhagen in Denmark for the Inter Cities Fairs Cup match against KB Copenhagen in 1960. (Image: Mirrorpix)32 of 89

Birmingham City club coach driver Mr Dennis Peters is helped by players to load the training equipment before they set of for their special training headquarters at Droitwich in 1967. (Image: Mirrorpix)33 of 89

Work under way on the new Railway End stand at St Andrew's in 1964. (Image: Mirrorpix)34 of 89

The 1926 Birmingham City football team. (Image: Mirrorpix)35 of 89

Birmingham City ground covered in snow in 1963. (Image: Mirrorpix)36 of 89

Birmingham City footballer Alex Govan in his back garden with Jackie Stewart in 1953. (Image: Mirrorpix)37 of 89

The floodlights in operation at St Andrew's, as tests continue in preparation for their "christening" in the match against Borussia Dortmund in 1956. (Image: Mirrorpix)38 of 89

Electricians checking the lights in one of the 114ft floodlight towers at St Andrew's in 1957. (Image: Mirrorpix)39 of 89

Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady with Barry Fry at the press conference where he was officially introduced as the new manager in 1993. (Image: Mirrorpix)54 of 89

1995 Auto Windscreens Shield Final at Wembley, between Birmingham City & Carlisle: David Sullivan, Chairman of Birmingham City and Karen Brady, Managing Director, celebrate the clubs win against Carlisle. (Image: Mirrorpix)55 of 89

Leyton Orient 2 Birmingham City 3, (Blues win 4-2 on aggregate): Birmingham City manager Barry Fry celebrates at the end of the match in 1995. (Image: Mirrorpix)56 of 89

Birmingham City football manager Terry Cooper in 1999. (Image: Mirrorpix)57 of 89

Birmingham City MD Karren Brady holding a club scarf in 1993. (Image: Mirrorpix)58 of 89

Birmingham City MD Karren Brady in 1993. (Image: Mirrorpix)59 of 89

Birmingham City MD Karren Brady in 1993. (Image: Mirrorpix)60 of 89

2000 First Division Play Off Semi Final First Leg match at St Andrew's: Birmingham City 0 Barnsley 4 (Barnsley win 5-2 on aggregate). (Image: Mirrorpix)61 of 89